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Anyway - I was at that race, and there was a real buzz around Mike, his family, their approach to racing and his decision to make his first pro race a 450 effort. He was on a 450 honda built by Varner I think, but I remember he was fast, but he was 16, and the Millville track is a rough one on pro day. They had built the Holy Schmit jump in memory of Donny, and it was 105 feet coming off a short right hander after the collarbone - nasty and very few were hitting it, but Alessi...

You’re fighting for your life right now for a multi-millionaire factory rider who would likely blow you off if you tried to approach him on the street. Making announcements about blocking people who disagree with you just make you seem wildly insecure.

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You can tell it isn’t ChatGPT because what he said was all true and not filled with falsities. You guys need to retune your AI detectors! Just because someone wrote more than one or two sentences doesn’t mean it’s AI.

Alessi came out of amateurs and into Millville running as a privateer effort because, in Tony's words, " Your sponsors through the amateur ranks get you to the pro level, and then once you go pro you leave them.....we dont want to do that and we can run with the factory teams just as we are". Only years later did we find out that Mike had a Honda contract ready to sign, Tony said they wanted to do a bike test first. Only Tony showed up, ripped the bike up and down the parking lot, told the Honda guys "your...

Great point -- but I would argue that Stewart's hype was 100% justified. He got 6th in that mudder A1, so it's easy to write that off. Then he got hurt the next race (wrist I think?). Look at the results after he came back after missing eight rounds: 3rd in Orlando, and then his first win the next week in Texas, followed by two more down the stretch. Hot take: There is no universe where Deegan wins his third-ever 450SX, or wins three 450SX races his rookie season even if he makes every round. Not. A. Chance.

You don’t make championships easier by starting shit with Barcia or Anderson

The word is that it will not be a true SR as the past two years. It will be a 50th anniversary edition with retro graphics. Possibility some additional tweaks but not to the degree of the SR.

Was looking forward to seeing Roczen at Unadilla again more than anything else after the break.